The term "genocide" did not exist before 1944. It is a very specific term, referring to violent crimes committed against groups with the intent to destroy the existence of the group. Human rights, as laid out in the U.S. Bill of Rights or the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, concern the rights of individualsTo read more: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007043
The term "genocide" did not exist before 1944. It is a very specific term, referring to violent crimes committed against groups with the intent to destroy the existence of the group. Human rights, as laid out in the U.S. Bill of Rights or the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, concern the rights of individuals To read more: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007043
Genocide in the 20th Century
The History Place - Genocide in the 20t Century
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/index.html
Genocide, holocaust and democide
http://www.genocide.org/
Crimes of War - A-Z guide
http://www.crimesofwar.org/thebook/genocide.html
Cambodian Genocide Program
http://www.yale.edu/cgp/
Peace Pledge Union Information
http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_genocide_intro.html
Khmer Rouge genocide trial opens in Cambodia
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_genocide_trial
United Human Rights Council
http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/genocide_massacre.htm
1900-2000: A century of genocide
http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/dictat.html
Genocide in Twentieth Century Far East Asia
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/2140/
First Genocide of the 20th century: Herero and Nama Genocide
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/64283/first-genocide-of-the-20th-century-herero-and-nama-genocide.
More Links:
http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/history/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/karadzic/
http://www.genocidewatch.org
http://preventgenocide.org/edu/pastgenocides/
http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm
http://www.genocideindarfur.net/
http://www.gendercide.org/case_bangladesh.html
http://www.un.org/search/
Recent to Past Genocide Occurrences
* Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1992-1995 - 200,000 Deaths
* Rwanda: 1994 - 800,000 Deaths
* Pol Pot in Cambodia: 1975-1979 - 2,000,000 Deaths
* Nazi Holocaust: 1938-1945 - 6,000,000 Deaths
* Rape of Nanking: 1937-1938 - 300,000 Deaths
* Stalin's Forced Famine: 1932-1933 - 7,000,000 Deaths
* Armenians in Turkey: 1915-1918 - 1,500,000 Deaths